Overlays buttons and other controls with a Number for direct access via Ctrl-Number.....(free).....

Have you ever wished you had more control over the way applications are launched? Maybe setting a delay for launching applications at startup? How about spacing out the launching with a pause in between each one? Or control the order in which applications are opened? Or perhaps you just want to launch many applications with a single shortcut .....(free).....

A powerful utility for fast file searching across your LAN. You can search for specific file names or for specific file types (e.g. all MP3 files). It comes with a built-in password manager to store your network logins for resources with restricted access.....(free).....

Have you ever tried to type in one language but the result was in another? Annoying, eh?! That's because the keyboard layout was in a wrong language, and you forgot to use "ALT+SHIFT"... NO MORE! With LangOver 5.0 you'll be able to convert your text quickly between languages. Just click F10 and your text will be fixed.....(free).....

Lanic is a tool for voice communication between computers connected to a Local Area Network and its operation is comparable to a classic intercom.....(free).....

Lansweeper is a powerful freeware solution to make a complete software, hardware, asset inventory of your windows network. Lansweeper does not need to install a client on your workstations, all scanning is done through the use of WMI, fileshares and remote registry access. This free software is used in many universities, schools and companies. New features in Lansweeper 3.0. Over 75 hardware, software, network & server reports included. Export all data to excel from the reports in the web interface. Software and operating system licensing reports and cost calculation. Launch custom commands and programs from the web interface to support your clients (remote control, ping, event viewer, remote screenshot, ...). Optional scheduled scanning.....(free).....

Last Changed Files finds the 100 recent changed files on your hard disk or within multiple subdirectories. Once you start Last Changed Files, the software automatically scans your hard drive and shows you the top 100 new created or last changed files on your hard disk. You see the following columns in the top 100 largest files list: file name, full folder path, file size and date of last change .....(free).....

Archive of programs that began as freeware but changed to shareware .....(free).....

Not our usual fare, but someone sent it to us and we like it. Just try the computer accessories category. Finds stuff for less than 1 dollar, with less than 1 hour left, constantly updated.....(free).....

Registry Hack! Assign any applications to scroll wheel button .....(free).....

Launchy is a free windows utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes.....(free).....

Learn these 10 tricks and you'll be the most powerful Linux systems administrator in the universe...well, maybe not the universe, but you will need these tips to play in the big leagues. Learn about SSH tunnels, VNC, password recovery, console spying, and more. Examples accompany each trick, so you can duplicate them on your own systems.....(free).....

Fast, smooth, powerful, and handsome 32-bit, TrueColor Starfleet-standard GUI with many LCARS games, applications, and utilities, the real thing, programmed from scratch in C, not Visual Basic or Flash.....(free).....

Nice substitute for the Windows systray clock program. We particularly like the calendar options. LClock is a modified (stripped down) version of Kazuto Sato's TClock Light. LClock also comes with a simple but configurable popup calendar that opens when the systray clock is clicked. No more double clicking on the clock just to view the calendar in the "Date and Time Properties" dialog box. The calendar also contains reminder feature found in Rainlendar .....(free).....

A comparison of anti-leak features of the most popular personal firewalls .....(free).....

Like Microsoft AutoComplete, LetMeType helps you enter text, but regardless of the program you use. Running in the background, it analyses what you type. After some time it has collected enough information to guess a word after you have typed the first two or three letters. A list of the most probable words is displayed, and you can select one with a single keystroke or just continue typing .....(free).....

LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. There are several options for listening. Mp3 or ogg or podcast. Great for long distance driving, or programming background.....(free).....

Essential list and resources on Firefox Extensions .....(free).....

Windows Text substitution app. Texter saves you countless keystrokes by replacing abbreviations with commonly used phrases you define. Texter runs in the Windows system tray and works in any application you're typing in. Texter can also set return-to markers for your cursor and insert clipboard contents into your replacement text, in addition to more advanced keyboard macros.....(free).....

LightFusion enables you to embed files in your executables, still leaving them executable. You can then use the Visual Basic module provided to extract the embedded files at runtime. If anybody could make any modifications to the module, fix any bugs, make it more efficient or write a module for another language, please send me the module along with a text file describing the changes you have made.....(free).....

Limagito is a utility to automatically move or copy files that are added to a specific folder. You can set filters based on the file name, rename files and directories (using regular expressions) when moving them to the new destination, create directories based on the file name or date and check if the file already exists. The program can move files from/to local folders as well as FTP directories and to Smtp. Limagito offers quite a few features that make the program very flexible and useful for a variety of file management tasks as well as file backups. It runs in the system tray and automatically monitors the selected folders for any additions that match your file moving rules. Free Lite Version .....(free).....

The NTFS filesystem of Windows supports HardLink functionality, but HardLinks can only be created via the POSIX command ln, which is shipped with the Windows resourcekit. Even if with POSIX commands, HardLinks can only be created via the command prompt, which is a kind of a mess for many files. The Link Shell Extension implements a extension to the Windows shell explorer, so that HardLinks, Junctions, and SymbolicLinks can be comfortably created via right mouse click on a selection of one or multiple files.....(free).....

A chart, of interest .....(free).....

Linux Mobile System is a full Linux system within a USB Flash Memory Drive. This system will be able to boot from any i386 based PC, so we can run a lot of utilities: network diagnostic, disk diagnostic, administration terminal, etcetera.....(free).....

Get safe and quick access to alternative file systems. DiskInternals Linux Reader is a new easy way to do this. This program plays the role of a bridge between your Windows and Ext2/Ext3 Linux file systems. This easy-to-use tool runs under Windows and allows you to browse Ext2/Ext3 Linux file systems and extract files from there.....(free).....

Generates fake text for testing apps, websites, etc .....(free).....

The Seam Carving procedure aims at resizing pictures non uniformly while preserving their features, i.e. avoiding distortion of the important parts. The plugin supports manual feature selection, and can also be used to remove portions of the picture in a consistent way.....(free).....

Resize images free of distortion without maintaining the original geometry or aspect ratio. Re-targeting or content aware image resizing by seam carving or seam removal .....(free).....

A new Litestep news site. Themes, modules, and news. Also covers other Windows shell replacements.....(free).....

As Microsoft is quite aggressive about its own explorer-shell, there are a few registry settings you need to change in order to get LiteStep running to your full satisfaction. Most conveniently you setup each user his own shell. Then you might want to enable multiple window browsing for the explorer filemanager. Last but not least the autocompletion feature from Unix is also available under win32 - you just have to edit the registry a bit... .....(free).....

New site with links to everything you need for the most populat Windows shell replacement.....(free).....

Select a color from the palette and this handy little utility displays the html hex code and the RGB values for that color. Fine tune the color using the sliding controls. Also shows a color sample. Copying the codes to the clipboard is just a click away. Great for programmers or graphic and web designers .....(free).....

The Living Internet site provides a free, in-depth history and reference about the Internet, World Wide Web (WWW), Email, Usenet Newsgroups, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Multi-User Dungeons (MUD's), and Mailing Lists. Each chapter describes the technology's history, design, basic uses, advanced uses, key important features, security issues, help and troubleshooting, and references to more information .....(free).....

Automatically optimizes your PC's power consumption by using a more effective power save mode tham the Microsoft standard.....(free).....

Simple security tool that lets you 'lock' down executable files and prevents them from being opened.....(free).....

With LockImage you protect an image by converting it into a password protected executable with an embedded viewer. It consists of exactly one file and does not need any installation. This software tries to the implement the concept of Steganos LockNote for images .....(free).....

Lock your Windows folders for privacy.....(free).....

The really easy way to keep others out of your machine. One click .....(free).....

On Windows domains and workstations, it is possible to set an Account lockout threshold, which determines the number of failed logon attempts that will cause a user account to be locked out. A locked out account cannot be used until it is reset by an administrator or the account lockout duration has expired. With Lockout Resetter, an administrator can easily reset any locked out account .....(free).....

Displays a log of any kind in real-time. Enables one to define three groups of log lines, filter them and display in different colors. Opens and closes log files automatically in dependency on their file date/time stamp or the file name. Widely supports command line options .....(free).....

Stardock LogonStudio allows Windows XP users to edit, change, and apply new logon screens. LogonStudio comes built with a visual editor to make it easy to create your own logons which can then be uploaded to websites to be used by others users.....(free).....

Location-Based Search and 'Virtual GPS.' Loki pinpoints your exact physical location and then uses that location to make your web searches revolve around you wherever you are. With Loki you'll always know where you are, make sure that others know where you are too, never get lost and always be able to find stuff nearby.....(free).....

LookDisk is a Freeware-Disktool with following functions: Search for files using various parameters (also within Zip-Files) Search for a text in any file (also within Zip-Files). Search for duplicate files by name or content (also within Zip-Files). Show disk overview User entries are saved and do not have to be re-entered each time LookDisk is started. The list of found files can be saved or printed. LookDisk can handle large amount of files without using lots of system resources.....(free).....

LookInMyPC generates a complete, comprehensive system profile that includes information on all installed hardware and software. Additionally it provides system diagnostic information such as details on running processes, installed services, startup programs, Windows updates and hot fixes, active network and Internet connections, TCP/IP port usage, event log detail, and much more. All this is provided in an easy to read, formatted report that you can view and print using your web browser. We have also hyperlinked many items so you can quickly and easily "Google" them to find out what they are or if some programs might be spyware or viruses. It is also completely non-invasive and makes no changes to your computers settings whatsoever. We have even included a handy function that allows you to create a full system profile and diagnostic report and automatically send it as an email ZIP file attachment to a tech support or help desk person.....(free).....

Extremely user friendly network monitor with extreme operating speed, usable in any ip network, node analysis in 2 layers, both monitoring and reporting, with built with advanced network-programming routines.....(free).....

Repairs Winsock 2 settings, caused by buggy or improperly-removed Internet software, that result in loss of Internet access .....(free).....

Windows version of the text-only web browser.....(free).....

Search as you type in various places in windows. "Listary is an excellent find-as-you-type search utility that makes searching items in large unmanageable lists of Windows applications a breeze. Items in Windows Explorer, Task Manager, Registry Editor, Windows Desktop, file Open/Save dialogs and numerous other components and third-party applications can be found instantaneously with this free utility that allows you to type any part of the item name to be searched."

Easiest way to create junctions that I've seen. "Hardlinks provide the ability to keep a single copy of a file yet have it appear in multiple folders (directories). They can be created with the POSIX command ln included in the Windows Resource Kit or the fsutil command utility included in Windows XP. Thus, using standard Windows facilities Hardlinks can only be created at the command prompt, which can be tedious, especially when Hardlinks to multiple files are required or when one only makes occasional use of Hardlinks. Support for Junctions in standard Microsoft software offerings is even more limited than that offered for Hardlinks."

Shift the close, maximize and minimize buttons to left side of Windows Explorer. Thanks to The Windows Club

For phones, but not just... LazyClick is an addon for Firefox Mobile, Fennec whose purpose is to fix potential missed clicks by searching the adjacent area, and applying the click to the closest object that can accept clicks, for instance a link or a button. With LazyClick your fingers don’t have to be precise. Just tap the screen close to the target and LazyClick will catch and apply them to the nearest clickable element. The user can select the click detection range, although the values of the radius are vague and subjective such as “small”, “medium” and “huge”. LazyClick also works on a normal desktop. Thanks to Instant Fundas

LookInMyPC generates a complete, comprehensive system profile that includes information on all installed hardware and software. Additionally it provides system diagnostic information such as details on running processes, installed services, startup programs, Windows updates and hot fixes, active network and Internet connections, TCP/IP port usage, event log detail, and much more. All this is provided in an easy to read, formatted report that you can view and print using your web browser. Many items are hyperlinked so you can quickly and easily Google them to find out what they are or if some programs might be spyware or viruses. It is also completely non-invasive and makes no changes to your computers settings whatsoever. We have even included a handy function that allows you to create a full system profile and diagnostic report. Thanks to Lifehacker

Lammer Context Menu is an extension for Microsoft Windows Explorer with very handy features like: Copy Path, Explore Here, Command Prompt, Path Operations (Move, copy, delete based on advanced wildcards like: delete all folders matching "*\bin\obj"), Batch rename files (manual changes, sequences generator, etc), Search (and Replace), Select all files in a folder by extension, Mount virtual drivers (aka subst), Register/Unregister COM Modules (*.ocx, *.dll), UAC friendly (Shift to run as administrator), And much more to come Thanks to freewaregenius.com

The Suite includes over 180 highly selected portable programs and games, including 7-Zip, Audacity, CCleaner, eMule, FileZilla, Firefox, Foxit Reader, GIMP, IrfanView, Notepad pluss pluss, Opera, Pidgin, Thunderbird, µTorrent, VLC and many more

Interesting experimental OS, maybe like a really souped up Commodore 64. x86_64, preemptive multitasking, multicore, open source, public domain. Live CD image so you can test drive or install.

Windows 7 is finally ready for widespread, public consumption. This guide will take you straight through from system requirements and upgrading your PC to highlighting Windows 7's best new features to helping you hit the ground running with all of the awesome tweaks Windows 7 has in store for you

AnalogX LinkExaminer at its core is a link checker, it goes through each and every page (assuming you have it set to) and parses the HTML in order to extract the links existing on the page. While it's parsing the page, it can also perform other checks; from simple tasks like extracting the page title, to SEO analysis, to more advanced tasks like identifying pages with high similarity to other pages. Once it's done, you can go over the results in the GUI, then export to a variety of formats including CSV and Google-compatible XML sitemaps. It also boasts a template-based HTML report generation engine, that allows you to make completely custom report to focus on the aspects of the scan that are most critical to you

The problem with more than 4 gigs of memory in Vista

Lunascape is the world’s only triple engine browser. What this means is that you can have the best features, performance, and speed of Windows Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Apple Safari all in one browser and can view any website in an optimal way without a need to open another browser

Run the Google mobile operating system on your PC using LiveAndroid, a LiveCD for Android running on x86 platforms. Want to give Google Android a try, but don't feel like buying a T-Mobile G1? LiveAndroid lets you download a LiveCD disc image of the Google Android operating system. Just burn the image to a disc, stick it in a CD-ROM drive, and reboot your computer and you can check out Android without installing it or affecting any files on your PC. This will not affect the operation of your current OS since it's run from a cd. You can also use the disc image in a virtualization application like VirtualBox, VMWare or Microsoft Virtual PC if you want to try the operating system without even rebooting your computer

The liveusb-creator is a cross-platform tool for easily installing live operating systems on to USB flash drives. Features Works in Windows and Linux! Completely non-destructive install. There is no need to deal with formatting or partitioning your USB key. Supports automatically downloading various Fedora releases, as well as Sugar on a Stick! Automatically detects all of your removable devices. Persistent storage creation. This lets you to allocate extra space on your USB stick, allowing you to save files and make modifications to your live operating system that will persist after you reboot. This essentially lets you carry your own personalized Fedora with you at all times. SHA1 checksum verification of known releases, to ensure that you've downloaded the correct bits

Determine all computers, shares and printers on your local network. Resources such as computers, shares aso. are presented clearly. The tedious and slow "click through the network environment" is not necessary and saves precious time. The determination of the computer or shares works in the background. The LAN-Explorer has a build-in explorer as well as a favorite-function

Log Viewer is a custom made freeware tool for viewing text files, specifically log files. The text viewing portion of the GUI is custom made for improved memory usage and file navigating performance on very large files. The tool provides built-in greping (show and hide filtering on a line per line basis), color highlighting and multiple search strings

If you type in several languages, this could be useful to you because you'll be able to convert your text quickly between languages with just one presss of F10

Links2Tray is a utility that resides in the system tray (near the clock). It displays a menu combining Internet Explorer's Favorites and Bookmarks from Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera. You can load any link's web page in either Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome or Opera (assuming you have these programs installed of course). When the browser isn't running yet, Links2Tray will launch it for you

Great tool - Overlays buttons and other controls with a Number for direct access via a hotkey. Simple, just press Ctrl-Number

LanCalculator - to calculate subnet addresses and masks. LanCalculator makes possible not only to easily calculate the subnet addresses range and subnet masks but also broadcast address, net address, net prefix and net mask inversion which is used in the access control lists (ACL) of Cisco network equipment. One key press is enough to calculate all parameters after net address and mask were entered. To complete the picture additional display is given in binary, decimal and hexadecimal scale

Liquid Location is a dynamic DNS service that focuses on simplicity in design, security and ease of updates. Just about any program that can be written to request a URL can be used to update your IP address making Liquid Location truely cross platform. Unlike other services that require you to send your password across a network or use some clunky IP address updating software, LL automatically detects your connecting IP address remotely and doesn't use passwords for updates. Upon IP address update, you can be notified via email or text message. Although any program can be used to update your IP address, we suggest using Wget with Task Scheduler or Cron in order to perform updates. In this way, there is no program running as a service on your computer and Wget should only use about 1 second of CPU time every hour

Locate32 is software which can be used to find files from your harddrives and other locations. It works like updatedb and locate commands in Unix based systems. In other words, it uses databases to store information about directory structures and uses these databases in searches. The use of these databases provides very fast searching speed. The software includes a dialog based application as well as console programs which can be used to both update and access databases. Supported operation systems are Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/Vista

Creates Google links to send to who could have just looked the answer up themselves

LicenseCrawler will enable you to find the license keys and serial numbers of Microsoft products and other programs on your machine.....(free).....

Sets an image as your wallpaper and then creates a neat translucent effect on your entire desktop. Thanks to our friends at Donation Coder! .....(free).....

Experimental OS. LoseThos is a 64-bit, multicored, multitasking, open source, public domain, ring-0-only, single-address-map operating system for the IBM PC. It requires a 64-bit x86_64 CPU and 512+ Megs of RAM. It does not have GPU acceleration, so I limit it to 640x480 16 color graphics. LoseThos will run natively, either stand-alone or dual booted. The easiest way to dual boot is to install on a 2nd hard drive and select which to boot with the BIOS. Use LoseThos' installer to install onto a partition. LoseThos has an optional master-boot-record boot-loader and can partition a drive if necessary. YOU CAN'T COMPILE WITH OTHER COMPILERS. Use InstallBoot() to make, if you like. The vision for LoseThos is a 64-bit Commodore 64 that's a thousand times faster than the original and has a shell that is C/C++ instead of BASIC. It's for recreational programming. The reason you would pick LoseThos over Linux is that it is only 129,242 lines of code, so you can easily tinkering. LoseThos isa secondary operating system you will use in additional to Windows or Linux because LoseThos does not have networking .....(free).....

LinuxLive USB Creator, or LiLi, is a quick way to create Live Linux USB drives that are persistent virtualized drives. Typically, Linux USB drives require rebooting to install software. It is possible to create a Linux USB drive that will install without a reboot. This is where LiLi comes into play. By setting drive persistence for the USB, you are able to save files and settings on the USB which would normally be lost once the Linux USB drive is dismounted. Creating Linux USB drives is not an unfamiliar subject, but using LiLi is different. It is the feature of drive persistence that makes this method unique. There is also the ability to open your Linux OS in Windows with a portable version of VirtualBox .....(free).....

LightTable is a powerful code editor with many advanced features including plugins, hot keys, code watching and is customization. Best of all it is cross platform and open source.

A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom.